| Concerns raised about enforcement in baby eel fishery if licences redistributed | |
| By Michael Tutton |
Source: atlantic.ctvnews |
12/10/2024 |
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Credit: AP-Robert F. Bukaty |
Fishers raised questions Tuesday about how federal enforcement officers will cope if a proposal to increase the number of people licensed to net baby eels in the Maritimes goes ahead next year.
The concerns emerged during a meeting held by the federal Fisheries Department at which current licence holders heatedly suggested the federal minister hadn't thought through the proposed changes. |
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The Fisheries Department is proposing to redistribute about 28 per cent of the allowable catch of 9,960 kilograms from nine commercial licence holders -- creating about 150 new commercial licence holders -- and providing half of the total catch to First Nations fishers. |
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